Plant Animal Interactions: An Evolutionary Approach

Plant Animal Interactions: An Evolutionary Approach
Carlos M. Herrera (Editor), Olle Pellmyr (Editor)
Paperback
328 pages
February 2002
Interactions between plants and animals are incredibly diverse and complex and span terrestrial, atmospheric and aquatic environments. The last decade has seen the emergence of a vast quantity of data on the subject and there is now a perceived need among both teachers and undergraduate students for a new textbook that incorporates the numerous recent advances made in the field. The book is intended for use by advanced level undergraduate and beginning graduate students, taking related courses in wider ecology degree programmes.
• Very few books cover this subject and those that do are out of date.

Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction.
1. Species Interactions and the Evolution of Biodiversity. (Peter W. Price).
2. The History of Associations between Plants and Animals. (Conrad C. Labandeira).
Part II: Mostly Antagonisms.
3. Plant-Insect Interactions in Terrestrial Ecosystems. (Sharon Y. Strauss and Arthur R. Zangerl).
4. Mammalian Herbivory in Terrestrial Environments. (Kjell Danell and Roger Bergström).
5. Granivory. (Philip E. Hulme and Craig W. Benkman).
Part III: Mostly Mutualisms.
6. Pollination by Animals. (Olle Pellmyr).
7. Seed Dispersal by Vertebrates. (Carlos M. Herrera).
Part IV: Synthesis.
8. Ant-Plant Interactions. (Andrew J. Beattie and Lesley Hughes).
9. Plant-Animal Interactions: Future Directions. (John N. Thompson).
Appendix: Supplementary Information for Chapter 2